The Diary of Anne Frank Act !

The Diary of Anne Frank Act 1

Open Ended

What is a playwright?

Multiple Choice

In the opening scene of The Diary of Anne Frank, Act I, why is Mr. Frank visiting the warehouse rooms with Miep?

• He wants to find his multicolored scarf.

• He is looking for a place to live in Amsterdam.

• He is looking for the diary that his daughter Anne kept.

• He wants one more look at the place where he last saw his family.

Multiple Choice

Read this part of one of Anne’s speeches in The Diary of Anne Frank, Act I.

The best part about this room . . . you can look down and see a bit of the street and the canal. There’s a houseboat . . . you can see the end of it . . . a bargeman lives there with his family. . . . They have a baby and he’s just beginning to walk and I’m so afraid he’ll fall into the canal. I watch him. . . .

What is the most reasonable inference to draw about Anne’s personality from the details in this speech?

• She is foolish because she has established communications with outsiders in spite of being warned of the danger.

• She is resourceful because she finds outside interests that take her mind off having to live in fear of the Nazis.

• She is nosy because she keeps an eye on the baby even though she does not know the bargeman and his wife.

• She is naive because she thinks only good things about the people she sees and knows.

Multiple Choice

Why do the Frank family and the Van Daan family move into the rooms in the top floor of the warehouse?

• Their own homes have been destroyed by bombs.

• They are hiding from the Nazis, who have been persecuting Jews.

• The warehouse has more space than their old homes.

• The Nazis have taken over their homes, leaving them no place to live.

Multiple Choice

Who is helping the families who are in hiding?

• Miep and Dussel

• Dussell and Kraler

• Kraler and Miep

• None of the above

Multiple Choice

Which word best describes Mrs. Van Daan’s behavior with Mr. Frank?

• Flirtatious

• Respectful

• Comforting

• Serious

Multiple Choice

What separates the family from the warehouse?

• A bookcase

• A closet

• A chair

• A couch

Multiple Choice

During which war does the story take place?

• World War I

• Vietnam War

• World War II

• Civil War

Open Ended

How do I use the elements of drama to understand the narrative arc (the story)

Multiple Choice

From the Newsela article The Holocaust - Part 1: Which section of the article BEST highlights the idea that Hitler's political party took many steps to remove Jews from German life?

https://newsela.com/read/lib-history-holocaust-part-I/id/26801/quiz/23557/question/1/?assignment=2004964817&classroom=2001781670&collection=339

• Introduction [paragraphs 1-3]

• "Historical anti-Semitism and Hitler's rise to power"

• "Nazis start the Aryanization of Germany"

• "World War II begins"